The future of educational psychology

Educational psychology is airing its anguish in public, and if the assertions of Brown (2010), Coleman and Pine (2010), and Hornby (2010) are to be believed then this professional discipline is indeed in a parlous state. As a psychologist who worked for the old Department of Education's Psychological Service, and subsequently for the Special Education Service and Specialist Education Services, I also think that educational psychology is in trouble. However, the history of occupations is littered with the wrecks of vocations that have become redundant to requirements. At the outset of his paper, Brown 2010 raises the possibility that educational psychologists are a species that may speedily become extinct because of hostile environments, and this parallel with the natural world is another reminder that change happens as circumstances alter

Common-cause failures as major issue in safety of control systems

In order to gain an improvement of safety or availability measures of the safety-relevant control system through employment of redundancy a redundant system has to comply with the requirement on independence of redundant parts. If the requirements on the independence of redundant parts are unfulfilled, then a common-cause failure can directly cause a hazardous state on a system level through its effects on multiple redundant parts. Identification of sources and quantification of the common-cause failure parameters has been proved to be a formidable task. The latter problem, including other major safety-affecting factors lays in the focus of this paper. Our proposed technical safety analysis concept is extended, so now it partially covers elusive problems related to the common-cause failures

Stewardship - PR Star of Library Advancement

Stewardship, a close relative of donor/prospect cultivation, is the ongoing appreciation and provision of information to benefactors and a critical element in institutional advancement. But stewardship is more than appreciation and information. For it to be as effective as possible for library advancement, it must be packaged as public relations at its best. As Robert Wedgeworth indicates throughout his article entitled “Donor Relations as Public Relations...,” there is an inextricable link between stewardship and public relations. At the University Libraries of Notre Dame, we recognized this some years ago and began to take measured steps toward a comprehensive stewardship package. Our journey is not complete, nor has it been perfectly executed. But our progress has been good and largely effective, and we are vigilant in honing the former and eliminating the obstacles to the latter

La orientación profesional universitaria: hacia un modelo integrador de diagnóstico e intervención

[Resumen] Las reflexiones que a continuación se presentan pretenden sintetizar los principios que deben avalar un modelo de orientación profesional universitario actual. El objetivo no sería establecer comparaciones entre los modelos de orientación profesional existentes, sino señalar los puntos comunes que permitan definir la orientación como una estrategia educativa a partir de una definición integradora. Se apunta hacia un tipo de orientación profesional sustentada en un diseño sistémico (situado en un contexto concreto), estratégico (relacionado estrechamente con el diagnóstico y la intervención)) y humanístico donde el alumno es un elemento activo[Abstract] The reflections that next are presented they seek to synthesize the principIes that should endorse a model of orientation professional current university student The objective would not be to establish comparisons among the existent models of professional orientation, but pointing out the common points that allow to define the orientation like an educational strategy starting from an integrative definition. You points toward a type of professional orientation sustained in a systemic design (located in a concrete context), strategic (related closely with the diagnosis and the intervention) and humanistic where the student is an active element

Operator's influence on the safety of the controlled process

An analysis of risks related to controlled process and related hazards identification is an important activity during the development of the safety related control system (SRCS). The mistake of the operational staff during the execution of the safety relevant operations related to controlled process can be the cause of hazard. Influence of the operator on controlled process safety depends on operation mode of the SRCS and on technical safety of the SRCS. This contribution deals with the issue of the safety assessment of the operator effect on the safety of the controlled process

Journalism students and intergenerational change in journalism.

This article presents a response to the question: "Is there more to journalism education than workforce reproduction through socialisation to the profession and, if so, what is it?" The response is developed in two parts. The first presents the findings of a 2001 study of University of Technology, Sydney journalism students, their career trajectories and approaches to professional journalism practice. That study provided the means to identify different types of students and career aspirations. It found "confident practice" was a highly prized yet previously unexplored educational outcome. This finding, in turn, pointed to the need to reconsider the nature of the relationship between the university system and the news media. The second part of the article canvasses existing Australian ideas about professional education in journalism before introducing new theoretical resources that offer a more robust means of considering the purpose and significance of the educational endeavour in relation to both reproduction and change in journalism. The article argues that the discussion of intergenerational change in journalism needs to include the viewpoints of journalism students as key stakeholders in journalism's future, and be mindful of the full gamut of their career aspirations, the wide range of innovative and critical educational initiatives found in the journalism curricula they study, and the educational outcomes they prize most highly

Individual Professional Practice in the Company

Tato bakalářská práce pojednává o absolvování individuální odborné praxe ve společnosti Tieto Czech s.r.o. Cílem bylo vytvořit nové reportovací řešení pro nástroj Weblist, a také vytváření reportů pro dashboard VSTS. Práce obsahuje popis odborného zaměření společnosti a mého pracovního zařazení. Následuje přiblížení použitých technologií. Další kapitoly se zabývají konkrétními postupy, které vedou k vyřešení úkolu.This bachelor thesis concerns with completion of individual proessional practice in Tieto Czech i.n.c. The goal was to create a new reporting solution for the Weblist tool, as well as to create reports for the VSTS dashboard. This thesis contains a description of the company’s professional orientation and my job description, followed by description of used technologies. Next chapters concern with methods used to solve the problem.460 - Katedra informatikyvýborn

「学習する官僚制」と「民主的なテイラーリズム」: アドラーの NUMMI体制評価をめぐって

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